Trooper injured, Mentor man killed in wrong-way crash in Lake County

PAINESVILLE, Ohio — A wrong-way driver was killed Friday night after a head-on crash with a marked Ohio State Highway Patrol cruiser on OH 2 in Lake County, according to a news release from OSHP.

The crash happened just before 9 p.m. Friday on westbound OH 2 near OH 44 in Painesville Township.

Investigators said a trooper was traveling west in a marked patrol vehicle when a brown 2011 Toyota Scion, traveling east in the westbound lanes, struck the cruiser head-on. Following the initial impact, the Scion caught fire…

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